Actress Busy Philipps and her screenwriter husband, Marc Silverstein, have called it quits after nearly 15 years of marriage.
Philipps, 42, confirmed on Friday’s episode of her podcast, “Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best,” that the couple has been separated “a really long time,” telling her co-hosts that their children, families and friends already knew, People magazine reported.
“And if anything, the last several years has shown me it’s a little bit that, like, you can only do what’s right for you and your family, whether or not you have a public-facing life or you just post on Facebook or whatever. Because we all at this point have a public-facing life. You don’t have to follow a conventional idea just because it’s been done before. I really do believe that,” Philipps said.
According to Entertainment Tonight, the “Dawson’s Creek” alum called the separation a “journey,” noting that the idea of crafting a joint statement addressing the separation “made us sick, both of us, truly ill.”
Philipps and Silverstein, 50, tied the knot in 2007 and share two kids: Birdie, 13, and Cricket, 8, the entertainment news outlet reported.
Busy Philipps speaks at unite4:good and Variety’s 2nd annual unite4:humanity at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Busy Philipps arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP)
Busy Philipps signs the chalk wall during unite4:good and Variety’s 2nd annual unite4:humanity at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, Feb.19, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Philipps confirmed Friday, May 27, 2022, that she and her screenwriter husband have called it quits after nearly 15 years of marriage. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision for unite4:good/AP)
Actress Busy Philipps from "Cougar Town" attends the TNT and TBS upfront presentation at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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Busy Philipps attends the CFDA Fashion Awards on Monday, June 2, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Busy Philipps, left, and Janie Bryant arrive at the Uplift Family Services at Hollygrove Gala at the W Hollywood on Thursday, May 18, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
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Busy Philipps arrives at the Uplift Family Services at Hollygrove Gala at the W Hollywood on Thursday, May 18, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
Actress Busy Philipps attends the first annual Baby2Baby Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday Nov. 3, 2012. Baby2Baby hosted the gala to raise awareness and funds for the Los Angeles based non-profit organization. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
This Oct. 16, 2018 photo shows actress Busy Philipps posing for a portrait in New York to promote her memoir, "This Will Only Hurt a Little." (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
Michelle Williams, left, and Busy Philipps arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)